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Mystery Ailment

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#1 ·
So I have been having issues with my 30 gallon semi aggressive. The fish in the tank seem very lethargic. Until today I have been pulling a dead fish out a day. The thing that confuses me is that the Dwarf gouramis, redtailed shark and the yo-yo loaches. The barbs just keep dieing as well as a few of my danios just dropped off.
The water parameters
Ammonia- 0 (it spiked to .25 earlier in the week but i kept it under control with a simple water change and it has been fine since)
Nitrates and nitrates are both within there acceptable parameters
one of the barbs did have ich but i treated and it was fine after the three days of treatment I really have no clue what is going on and am afraid to do anything with the tank until i find out what this epidemic is.
 
#11 ·
yes, an air stone wouldn't make enough oxygen dissolve into the water fast enough. Water changes to bring in more oxygen, and plants to take up the bad and give out the good cant hurt.

The ich could still be there, on the lungs of your fish, making it harder for them to breath.
 
#13 ·
No they did not (don't worry being gross i picked them out with my hands and gave them a full look over) They did die with their mouths open but in the past this tends to be a pretty normal way for fish to die. There colors were alright and everything. I will continuing doing water changes and see if this makes any difference I have been doing about 25% every other day.
 
#15 ·
Took a sample to the LFS and everything checked out oddly my 5 gallon tank of endler fry all seemed to die overnight as well as alot of the remaining fish in the semi aggressive. The loaches and Gouramis seem unaffected still. Now I am wondering what I should do to cleanse my tank so I can add more fish to it without them dieing on me as well.
 
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